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Mastigodryas pleii (DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL, 1854)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Plee's Tropical Racer 
SynonymDromicus pleii DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 661
Herpetodryas quinquelineatus STEINDACHNER 1870: 340
Dromicus (Alsophis) maculivittis PETERS 1877: 458
Alsophis pulcher GARMAN 1887: 283
Dryadophis [pleei] — STUART 1939: 55 (by implication)
Dryadophis pleei — STUART 1941: 53
Mastigodryas pleei — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 195
Dryadophis pleei — VILLA et al. 1988
Mastigodryas pleei — GORZULA & SEÑARIS 1999
Mastigodryas pleei — MONTIGNELLI & ZAHER 2011
Mastigodryas pleii — WALLACH et al. 2014: 430
Mastigodryas pleei — RAY & RUBACK 2015
Mastigodryas pleei — ACUÑA-VARGAS 2016
Mastigodryas pleei — MONTINGELLI et al. 2018
Mastigodryas pleei — MONTIGNELLI et al. 2019
Mastigodryas pleei — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019
Mastigodryas pleei — BARRIO-AMORÓS et al. 2023 
DistributionPanama, Colombia (incl. Valle del Cauca), Venezuela (Mérida [Esqueda & La Marca 1999]), Margarita I, Testigos I, Brazil (Pará)

Type locality: Venezuela  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: MNHN-RA 3549, designated by Hoge & Lancini 1960: 61; Syntypes: MNHN-RA 1255, MNHN-RA 3549, and MNHN-RA 7355 (fide Stuart 1941: 53)
Holotype: MCZ 6146 [Alsophis pulcher]
Holotype: ZMB [maculivittis] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1313 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy mainly after SUART 1941, PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970.

Habitat: partly arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). 
EtymologyNamed after Auguste Plée. However, the original spelling in D & B was “pleii”. 
References
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